Yevgeny Chazov

摘要

Yevgeny Chazov's secretary is brooking no nonsense. "There won't be any such lunch", she says, when I phone to check if her boss is tempted by a lavish slap-up at the Pushkin Cafe. "Come at noon tomorrow for the interview." It's not the best of beginnings. Chazov is already a rather intimidating figure. At 78 years old he is Russia's most celebrated cardiologist, having treated 20 world leaders from 16 different countries in an illustrious career.The Russian Cardiology Research Complex on the western fringe of Moscow, where Chazov is director, is a vast sprawl of high-rises, car parks, and link roads. But the man who leaps up from his chair is not some grumbling old titan